The Garbage Plate got Kevin McCann in a bit of hot water during culinary school. McCann, who owns McCann's Local Meats, a retail shop, butcher and café on Clinton Avenue, was studying at the Culinary ...

Ordering late-night eats after hitting the town can sometimes sound a lot like "give me one of everything." That's exactly how Rochester, New York's infamous "garbage" plates came to be a local ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The garbage plate is a staple food of Rochester and can be found anywhere from Nick Tahou’s, the plate’s birthplace, to a bevy of other restaurants offering variations of a similar ...

What is the quintessential American food? The answer is hard to pin down. This is a vast country made up of an astounding array of people and as a nation we have yet to really establish a satisfying ...

I had a plan for my column this week, but a visit to Rochester, N.Y., has put a kink in my idea that I just couldn't ignore. I have heard about this iconic Rochester dish ever since my daughter moved ...

The Garbage Plate got Kevin McCann in a bit of hot water during culinary school. McCann, who owns McCann's Local Meats, a retail shop, butcher and café on Clinton Avenue, was studying at the Culinary ...